Category Archives: movies

SOURLANDS WORLD PREMIERE

June 4, 2012 – 7:30 am

 

SOURLANDS WORLD PREMIERE
When: June 27, 7 p.m.
Where: Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell, NJ
Tickets: $20 (includes light refreshments & glass of wine or beer)
How to Get Tickets: sourland.org
(Note: This is the website of the Sourland Planning Council. Tickets not available quite yet!)

Celebrities: After the screening, stay for a Q&A with director Jared Flesher, Mercer County Naturalist Jenn Rogers, and Princeton University Energy Plant Manager Ted Borer.

Details: All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Sourland Planning Council, a local non-profit organization working to protect the ecological integrity, historical resources and special character of the Sourland Mountain region.

SOURLANDS FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE
When: July 11, 7 p.m.
Where: Princeton Public Library
Tickets: Free and Open to the Public
How to Get Tickets: Just show up!

Celebrities: After the screening, stay for a Q&A with director Jared Flesher, native plant expert Jared Rosenbaum and Wattvision CEO Savraj Singh.

Details: A special summer event of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival.

Here’s their trailer:
Sourlands

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Only once per year – but boy, imagine that logistics checklist!

May 10, 2012 – 6:40 am

By the middle of summer when you market managers get tired of the pop up tents and the vendor grump factor when being asked to spread out or squeeze in to the summer market spaces, take a nice shady break, grab a limeade and watch this time-lapse movie of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival setting up in April of this year. Talk about a well-oiled machine (although wouldn’t it be funny if they had misplaced a tent and you watched one move 3 feet to the right in this? well, maybe not…)
When we talk about the skills of market management, we should seek out other sectors to compare each piece; obviously the festival logistical expertise is a great one to see how we stack up to this amazing work. How do we compare to this, do you think?

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Sourlands Trailer

May 7, 2012 – 6:30 am

Please keep your eyes and ears out for a new film called Sourlands by Jared Flesher, who also did “The Farmer and The Horse” another agricultural film many of us supported through Kickstarter.
I urge everyone to support this important movie, a documentary film starring food, energy, habitat, crazy weather, global climate change and — most important of all — the people these issues impact.

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The Sourlands

December 5, 2011 – 11:52 am

Another film from the director of “The Farmer and The Horse” to back:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1480255348/sourlands-stories-from-the-fight-for-sustainabilit/widget/video.html

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Farmageddon, the movie.

July 18, 2011 – 11:20 am

Here are the current locations for Farmageddon screenings..more should be coming soon.

July 8th – 21st
New York City
Cinema Village
22 East 12th Street

July 17th
Bethlehem PA
Starfish Brasserie

July 22nd – 26th
Portland OR
Hollywood Theater

August 6th
Palm Springs CA
Camelot Theater

August 11th
Tampa FL
Roosevelt 2.0

August 20th
Sedona AZ
Sedona Public Library

Aug 26th – 31st
Chicago IL
Gene Siskel Film Center

Aug TBA
Boulder CO
University of Colorado International Film Series

Sept TBA
Cleveland OH
Cleveland Institute of Art

Thank you for supporting your local farmer!
Kristin Canty
Director, Farmageddon

If you have a large group that would like to put together a screening for your area, you can contact us at Farmegeddonmovie.com. Currently, we are aiming for a short theatrical release so that we can get this issue into the mainstream press. We are also encouraging community screenings in places that don’t have a local theater.

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Getting Real

June 19, 2011 – 12:53 pm

RIP Chris Bedford, Michigan activist and filmmaker.

Getting Real about Food & the Future from Christopher B. Bedford on Vimeo.

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The Real Dirt on Farmer John-The Movie

June 12, 2011 – 8:50 pm

How did I miss this movie?
A must-see movie for all food organizers. Farmer’s mind, farmer’s point of view.
Commodity farming, artist colonies, devil cult paranoia, homeopathic remedies, Rudolf Steiner, CSAs, body image remade by picking tomatoes, cancer, love, Mexico, giant bee costumes, community barn raising, and John’s mother Anna Peterson are all shared.
Independent Lens

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Objectified-The Movie

June 12, 2011 – 8:50 pm

A movie that looks at industrial design through designers explanations and theories. Well worth your time. You might be asking, why is this a post on a public market blog?
I believe that engineering of the market space itself is something in which many market organizers and vendors excel. Add to that how many innovate by designing/inventing new systems or appropriate tools when necessary.

So, designers? Yes, another title for a market organizer…

Two great quotes from the movie:

“If we understand what the extremes are, the middle will take care of itself.”

“Let’s put great design into everyday things.”

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How to add fun to a choice (sound familiar market managers?)

January 24, 2011 – 2:25 am

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